Transmission-gearing.



B. J'. SWEDLUND.

TRANSMISSION GEARING.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE z3, 1911.

1,045,213, Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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E. J. SWEDLUND. TRANSMISSION GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1911.

Patented NM26, 1912.

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UNrTED STAT-us .PATENT Omron. y

TRANSMISSION-ammiro.

Specicaton of Letters Patent." Patented Nov, 26,1912, Application mee June as, l"1911. seran No. 635,008.

To all whom it may concern: u

Be it known that LERICI; J. SWEDLUND,4

a ,citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Williston, inthe county of 'lVilliams and State of North Dakota, have mvented certain new and usefull Improve The present invention has for its objects` among others to provide a device of this gen` eral nature, simple in'l Iits construction, reliable and efficient 1n operation and 1n which I provide one additional speed and a neutral position sothat the driving member may roltate at `motor speed without any idle-gearing in motion'. I so arrange the driving member or .gear casing that 1t shall always' rotate at motor speed and may be utilized as a fly wheel on the motor, thus greatly re'- ducing the weight. By my improved on-v struction also the friction loss is reduced toa minimum. o

I aim further at improvements in details of construction whereby the device as a whole is rendered exceedingly simple and the cost of manufacture reduced to a mm1- mum. y v

'Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims. y

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference ,marked thereon, form a artof this specification, and in whichigure l isa vertical longitudinal section through my improved.transmission-gearing with a portion broken away land parts shown -in elevation. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 isa cros's,.section, on a `reduced scale, on the li-ne 3--3 of Fig. 1, with portions broken away Like numerals tof reference ,indicate like parts throughout the different views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the vgear case which is designed to be coupled directly to the motor shaft by the collar 2 in any suitable manner. This gear case rotates at all times with the motor and is the driving member of the mechanism.

3 is the intermediate driven shaft mounted within a bushing 4 in the member 5 ,which carries the collar 2, as seen best in Fig.. 1. On this shaft 3 is keyed or otherwise ailixed a clutch jaw 6, while` the other member 7 is herein shown as an extension of the clutch member 9 which has a hub or sleeve 10-upon the' end ofwhich is .the shifting collar 11.

12 is a spring bearing at one end against a collar or the like 13 on the driven shaft 14 Aand at its other end bearing against the tion 15 on which the hub 10 of the clutch 8' is mounted to slide but not to rotate, any suitable means, such as a key or the like 16., being provided for this purpose. The intel"- mediate shaft 3 has a reduced extension 17 receivedwithin the bore 18. of. the portion 15 of the driven shaft-14, as will be clearly understood upon reference to Fig. 1.

\ 19l is a shifting collar mounted to slide upon the hub 10,- as clearly illustrated in Fig; 1, and pivotally connected with this collar are the links 20 which, in turn, are connected at one end, as at 21, vwith the curved arms 22 pivotally mounted, as. at 23, upon a suitable support 24, the ends of the arms beyond the pivots being provided with set screws or the like 25, by which proper adjustment may be had when deslred'.l

These screws bear against the plate 26 be- 1 28 and designed'to rotate with itbut adapted to slide back and forth with the clutchmember, the outer periphery of 'the ring beingv constructed to engage on the keyways 29- on theinner face of `said drum, as seen clearly in Fig. 1. i

30 is a shaft mounted in the gear case l, bein mounted at one end in a suitabley bearing in 'the detachable head 31 of said case, as seen in Fig. 1. On the shaft 30 within the gear casing lare, mounted the planetary spur gears 31", 32 and 33 of different diameters, as will be clearly seen upony reference to Fig. 1. It is evident'that two or three sets of thesevplanetary gears may be arranged within the gear case, upon v distances apart.

'similar shafts 30,- and arranged at equal These planetary gears intermesh with the sun gears 34, and 36 respectively. ,The gear 34 is rigidly mounted on or keyed upon the shaft 3, while the gear 35 is keyed to a sleeve 37 surrounding the shaft 3 and the. gear 36 is keyed to a sleeve 38 surrounding the sleeve l37. On the outer end of the sleeve 37 is mounted the brake drum 28, while on the outer end of the sleeve 38 is mounted the brake drum 39.v 40' is a brake band for cooperation with the brake drum 39 while 41 is al brake band for coperation with the brake drum 28.

With the parts constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described, the. operation will be evident from the foregoing description, when vtaken in connection with the annexed drawings. Briefly stated,

vit is asy follows: When the clutch members 6 and 7 are interengaged, asseen in Fig. l., the shafts 3 and 14 rotate together as one, but vwhen the clutch members are disengaged,these tvvo shafts-rotate independently of each other. When using the three forward speeds, the clutch members 6 and 7 are always engaged but are disengaged for reverse and neutral speed. The gear case 1 with the planetary gears therein constitutes a driving member which always rotates with the motor. The reverse motion is transp mittedto t-he driven shaft'let through the c so ' gear wheel 35 andA the 'sleeve 37 to the drum 28 and thence by means of the clutch to the shaft 14, t-he jaw clutches 6 and 7 beingdisengaged and the gear wheel 36 held stationary by the brake band 40. With the partsl in the position in which they are shown in Fig. 1, with the friction clutch all parts revolve together as a Whole at motor speed. To engage the intermediate gear, the shifting collar x19 is moved, thus disconnecting the clutch from the 'brake drum 28 and the brake band 41 is applied to the drum. To make still another change, the brake band 41 is released from the drum 28 and the brake band 40 applied to the brake drum 39. Theclutch member is then i moved outward by means of,y the shifting collar 11 against the tension ofthe spring 12, so as to disengage, the clutch members 6 and 7 and thel clutch 26-27--27 engaged by the shifting collar 19. When a neutral position is deslred, it is attained by the disengagement of the clutch members 6 andv 7, the clutch'member 8` and the brake bands 40 and 41, when the driving member with the gear sleeves and vdrums will revolve but will transmit no motion to the driven shaft, and no gears will be in motion.

The gear ratios can be changed to suit the varying circumstances under which it i kmaybe desired to use the device but Ihave found that satisfactory results are obtained by substantially the following ratios, namely intermediate 2 to 1; low 3?; 'to 1, and reverse 4 to 1. y

rllhe particular construct-ion of vclutch herein shown may be replaced by other forms capable of performing the same functions.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have devised a simple and efficient form of transmission gear and while the structural embodiment of the invention as ,hereinbefore disclosed is what I consider at the present time as preferable, it is evident that the same is subject to changes, variations and modications in detail without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any ofits advantages. I, therefore, do not Wish to restrict myself to the details, proportions of parts, etc., hereinbefore eX- plained but reserve the right to make such changes, Avariations and modifications as come properly within the scope of theprotection prayed, Y v

Especial importance is attached to the facti that Iy provide one additional speed and a neutral position wherebyV the driving member may rotate as awhole at motor speed without any idle gears in motion and by vreason of the fact that the gear casing ccntaining said gears is always rotated at motor speed, it may be utilized as a iiy wheel on the motor, by making it of suitable weightfor that purpose, thus saving the weight of the transmission gear in'a motor car as this weight will be taken up by the fly wheel.l

In my construction the high speed is direct; on the intermediate speed, itlhas only one idle gear in motion and that is very slow as the wheel 36 has but aboutA one .revolu' ing therewith, one of which is rigidly mounted on said intermediate shaft, the othrs being loosely mounted upon said sha t.

2. In a transmission gearing, agear case constituting a ily wheel and mounted to rolv tate at all times at motor speed, a driven shaft, an intermediate shaft, positive clutch 'mechanismbetween the two shafts, a friccured to said intermediate shaft and the others loose thereon, a brake drum for each of the loosely mounted sun gears', and a movable clutch member -for engagement with one of said brake drums.

3. In a transmission gearing, a gear case, a driven shaft, an intermediate shaft, a positive clutch for connecting said shafts, a friction clutch lmember carried by one of the members of the positive clutch, a series of planetary and sun gears in said case, and means coperating with said friction clutch member and for controlling the action of said gears.

et. In a transmission gearing, a motor shaft, a driven shaft, a shaft intermediate the two, planetary gears, sun gears one of which is fast upon said intermediate shaft and the others loosely mounted thereon, a positive clutch mechanism between the intermediate and .driven shafts, and a friction clutch mechanism intermediate the driven nism interposed. between the driven and intermediate shafts, and a yielding clutch member and a coperating clutch member cooperating with one of the loosely mounted sun gears, said clutch mechanisms being operable independently of each other.

6. In a transmission gearing, a driving shaft rotatable at Vmotor speed, a pluralit of planetary gears movable with said driving member, a driven member, an intermediate shaft, a. plurality of sun gears mounted on the latter, a positive clutch for connecting the driven and intermediate shafts, said sun gears intermeshing with the planetary gears and'one of said sun gears being rigidly mounted on the intermediate shaft, the other sun gears being loosely mounted on said shaftya brake drum connected with each loosely mounted gear, means for holding .said brake drums from rotation, and a mov- S. M. I-IYDLE, S. R. OTESA. 

